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Welfare reform moving to center of Republican agenda

Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration are eyeing sweeping legislative and regulatory changes to the country’s welfare system next year. Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis Ryan Former Dem ... read more

Earned income tax credits on GOP's welfare agenda

Lifting people out of poverty was one of the few policy goals Ryan cited in his inaugural speech as speaker, along with more widely publicized GOP agenda items ... the 1996 welfare reform, with its ... read more

Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver of Ankeny said the Senate GOP’s 2020 agenda likely will include welfare reform and a new way to cover the costs of mental health care for Iowa adults and children. ... read more

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The GOP poverty agenda, decoded

And Republicans in Congress, notably House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, have been pushing a poverty agenda ... at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington. “The reality is much ... read more

2018 Republican Agenda Not What Lawmakers Envisioned

“I don’t know that I’m optimistic that welfare reform ... agenda items they discussed and made sure to mention welfare. “We need to help people move from welfare to work so they can tap their true ... read more

Political risk looms over Republicans' welfare tinkering

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political danger signs are flashing, but conservatives in Washington are pushing forward with proposals to change America’s social safety net, an agenda even ... were wary of ... read more

Republican Welfare Reform Doubles Down On What Didn't Work Before

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan presided over delivery of the Republican plan to end welfare as we know ... creating incentives to help move people from welfare to work; measuring results; and focus ... read more

Republicans Are Split Over What to Tackle Next

“Welfare reform is going to be our next ... in an election year might be binary—a move to use Republican majorities to conservative ends as long as they exist against a belated move to the political ... read more

Revisiting Welfare Reform

In an effort to jumpstart a fresh debate on welfare reform, Republican members of the House Ways ... Rather, TANF reform is only one aspect of a broader agenda Congress should tackle to move families ... read more

Trump tees up welfare reform

Republicans searching ... they’re going to move to what they’re saying is welfare reform, but I think in our view is really going to be cuts in benefits,” said Judy Solomon, vice president for health ... read more

The return of welfare reform

“There is a sizable population that would, based on this scenario, likely be destitute,” James Ziliak, University of Kentucky’s Center ... But House Republicans aren’t shy about the bigger role ... read more

Congressional Republicans are laying the groundwork to overhaul welfare programs for the poor

“Last year, Ways and Means Republicans laid out our vision for reforming our nation’s welfare system so Americans can move off of welfare and successfully into the workforce,” said Brady, whose ... read more